Ash-receiver.



E. A. VON KAENEL.

ASH RECEIVER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17, 1913.

Patented Feb. 22 1916.

STATES PATENT oirFIcE.

' EDMOND A. VON mm, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ASH-RECEIVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

Application filed February 17, 1918. Serial No. 748,801.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMOND A. VoN KAENEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Receivers, of which the following is a specifi- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my ash receiver with the tray partially withdrawn and open; Fig. 2 isa top plan view showing the supporting tongues before being bent into operative position, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central section of my ash receiver.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The reference character 4 designates the body of the receiver or container which may be made of thin sheet metal, or preferably of paper, rectangular in cross section and open at one end to receive the tray 5. The top wall of one side of said body is cut or scored along the lines 49, forming the inverted V-shaped tongues fl, which, when bent upwardly along the lines 4, as shown in Fig. 1, form supports for cigarettes, cigars, or matches, as may be desired. The upper wall 5 of the tray or drawer 5, serves to form the bottom of the ash receiver, but when entirely withdrawn, the bottom or opposite side of the body portion 4 of the box,

will serve the same purpose. When it is not desired to use the device to receive ashes and support cigarettes, &c., the flaps 4: will be folded back to their flat or normal position, so that the device may be restored to the users pocket. The. ashes which fall through the opening left by the upturned flaps may remain in thereceiver until it is convenient to remove them. The angles between the flaps 4 will be so proportioned that a cigarette placed therein will be supported at a sufiicient distance from the container or tray to prevent scorchin or burning of the latter where the article is made of pa er or card-board.

C t will be obvious that instead of making 'the receivers with the cuts 4 therein, the lines for such cuts may be indicated in some appropriate manner, and the user may make the cuts when convenient.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, is 1 1. A combined cigarette box and ash tray comprising a box, one wall whereof is provided with a plurality of radiating incisions so that the portions of the wall on the sides of each incision may be bent outwardly to provide angular recesses between the edges of the outwardly bent portions.

2. A combined cigarette box and ash tray comprising a box, a tray slidably mounted therein, the upper wall of said box being provided with a plurality of intersecting incisions so that the portions of the wall on the sides of each incision may be bent outwardly to provide substantially V-shaped recesses between the edges of the outwardly bent portions.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDMOND A. VON KAENEL.

Witnesses:

F. BENJAMIN, M. A. MILORD. 

